Tuesday, September 11, 2012

BabyQuilt Time

I'm teaching a beginner's patchwork class and so a class sample was needed. This is the baby quilt I made as a result. Two colourways of the same cute matroyshka print, one white background and one pink. I love this puss in the corner pattern, where pairs of the block 'kiss' each other on a diagonal. It was the very first quilt I made for a baby when I was around 12.
Sue B quilted this one in a big daisy pantograph that really suits
it, in a variegated thread I happened to have. The class quilts will get
quilted between classes 3 and 4, as this class is about patchwork not
quilting.
I've already got another one cut out, that I will piece but not back and finish, so I can show the underside to the students as part of their learning process. It is in aquas, browns and lime greens. Such pretty colours - bright and cheery but not garishly so. I'm not a pastels fan and I don't think they suit babies anyway! More on that one later :)

But that's because you do it by hand, which takes longer, so I can get that. It took about 2 hours to cut out and 2 hours to piece, but then I am speedy piecer. I"m hoping the newbies can get it all done in 7.5 hours!

Agreed Natalie!! I've made so many of them and love to indulge those pastelly pretty, cloying fabrics on premmy quilts but for full size baby quilts or cot quilts I much prefer this kind of thing. The 'boy' colour one is coming along nicely too, can't wait to share!